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Broken Links [BL-D6-10] Jadzia Dax to Nenebek

Going beyond errata with Dax... BROKEN LINKS: [6] A Jadzia Dax that follows AtoZ's host persona rules [7] Krole [8] Meridian [9] Nellen Tore [10] Nenebek NOTES:  [6] When I initiated special host swapping rules, I had to decree that Jadzia's card had the proper bold font. But since we do have an Ezri in AtoZ that does it, and I had an extra card slot to get to an even 20, why not make a Jadzia that does, too? Source: "Equilibrium" [7] Named as one of the personnel who can use Dataport [D65]. Source: "Honor Among Thieves" [8] Doral [D162] reports for free to this mission. I've basically adapted the game text from Investigate Legend. Source: "Meridian" [9] Solving Hire Aide [D128] downloads an Aide; this personnel was referenced as one in the design note. Source: "The Drumhead" [10] Dirgo's [D227] matching ship.The download can be used as many times as you want. Source: "Final Mission" Next up: Kira makes a surprise appear...
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Broken Links [BL-D1-5] By a Nose to Incoming Message

Just like we did with the other expansions, The Die Is Cast generated some Broken Links. The next 20 cards were designed in 2026, not the late 90s! BROKEN LINKS: [1] By a Nose [2] Captain Raymer [3] Flotation Device [4] Holoship [5] Incoming Message: Letters From Home NOTES:  [1] Would be great to end a tight game, but you can use the card much earlier. Solving Landscaping [D39] downloads it to your hand. Source: Referenced in "The First Duty"; picture from "Lethe" [2] The USS Destiny (D+5) needed its matching commander. Some of the lore is from her expanded canon appearances. Source: Referenced in "Afterimage" [3] Referenced as part of the requirements of Sunk [D189]. While you can have several in play, you can only use the effect once per turn, so multiple copies can't bust that limit at the same mission attempt. Source: Star Trek: Insurrection [4] AtoZ's Matthew Dougherty [D+47] has this as a special download. Being a prototype can be useful in ...

[D+ 51-57] Drone to Dynamite

Okay, let's finish up Enhanced... THE ENTRIES: [51] drone [52] "Drone" [53] DuBois, W.E.B. [54] Dumah [55] Dunes [56] Duran'Adar (no card required) [57] dynamite Decipher's version for comparison: NOTES:  [51] That's potentially a lot of capturing (minimum one) AND it stops the Away Team since they didn't have the Transporter Skill aboard their ship. Of course, if there is no opposing ship here, you may be stopped, but the dilemma doesn't beam or capture anyone. When removing those saved by Rifles, it's a random selection. In The Motion Pictures expansion, Decipher created a card called Transporter Drones based on this concept (included for comparison) Source: Star Trek: Insurrection [52] I suppose this would include artifacts used as equipment (though they are far less left unattended). Example of the text change: A drone grown from a Mek'leth would say "Each of your Borg present..." Sorry, non-Borg is still non-Borg so you can't...

[D+ 46-50] Doran to Dream

A rival for Picard, a love interest for Bashir... THE ENTRIES: [46] Doran [47] Dougherty, Admiral Matthew [48] doughnut [49] Douglas, Sarina [50] dream species Decipher's version for comparison: NOTES:  [46] Toyed with making her universal and cumulative, but in an enhanced product, that doesn't fly as high. Besides, with 2 classifications, that might be overpowering her. Not to be confused with Decipher's holographic Cardassian also called Doran. Source: "Sons and Daughters" [47] At the same spaceline location as Dougherty and a Son'a, you don't have to adhere to the Federation's standard battle restrictions. You'll find Decipher's version in The Motion Pictures expansion (included for comparison). Source: Star Trek: Insurrection [48] You can't put more than 4 copies of a card in your deck, but if you could, I would have made the last effect trigger with 12 Doughnuts (though mostly as a joke). Source: "Far Beyond the Stars" [49] ...

[D+ 41-45] Doctor to Dorala

The Doctor gets a family... THE ENTRIES: [41] Doctor's family program Beta-Rho [42] Dominion battleship (no card required) [43] Don Carlos [44] Dorado [45] Dorala system NOTES:  [41] Playing around with the Doc's INTEGRITY may help achieve the right attribute combinations for such things as Chula dilemmas. Source: "Real Life" (I almost went with just the house set, but it made more sense to show the family) [42] The ship card was released in The Trouble with Tribbles expansion. [43] Note that The Doctor himself is a Music personnel. Source: Referenced in "Virtuoso" [44] I fought long and hard with my soul not to invent a first name for her. It would have been Elle, of course. The Incoming Message will be in Broken Links. Source: "Hunters" [45] The 2 OFFICERs (or Martok) must be on a single ship that's part of the mission requirements, and only that ship encounters dilemmas. B'rel and K'Vort class ships are birds-of-prey Source: Referenc...

[D+ 36-40] Dilitus Lobe to Distant Origin

Some Voth cards... THE ENTRIES: [36] dilitus lobe [37] dispersion field [38] "Displaced" [39] Distant Origin Theory [40] "Distant Origin" NOTES:  [36] So even during your opponent's turn, you can benefit from that Engage Cloak-like relocation. Source: "Distant Origin" [37] How's this for a counter to Invasive Beam-In? Source: "Concerning Flight" [38] Program cards are not discarded when their requirements are met. Meeting them in that situation would only keep a personnel from dying. Source: "Displaced" [39] For example, if you name the Hirogen and the Klingon homeworld, Hirogen personnel (but not their ships) may report to Qo'noS regardless of normal quadrant restrictions, for free at The Great Hall. Source: "Distant Origin"  [40] Want to use Klingon enhancers with Hirogen? Or need your Kazon to cooperate with the Feds? Vidiians hungering to attempt Romulan missions? This is the Artifact you'll need. Source: ...

[D+ 31-35] Deus ex Machina to Diego

Today: An Enterprise-era site... THE ENTRIES: [31] deus ex machina [32] deuterium injector [33] "Dictates of Poetics" [34] dicyclic warp signature [35] Diego, Captain NOTES:  [31] Well I do call this *Enhanced*, don't I? Your choice of rewards would normally be based on the type of behavior exhibited by your opponent, but you could take the three turns as a valid response to a 10 to 1 battle. (You could not, of course, send ships back to hand as a valid response to 5+ dilemmas). You can ask opponent to reveal how many of their seeded cards under a mission are, indeed, dilemmas. Source: "Worst Case Scenario" [32] It's a site within a site, not someplace you can walk to (unless using One Little Ship). The ENGINEER present that can suspend RANGE does so to the RANGE of the ship that holds the site (not One Little Ship), and that ENGINEER obviously does not count toward the 3 needed to cure the effect (which must be aboard the ship that holds the site). Source: ...

[D+ 26-30] Denevan to Destiny

We settle down into less marketable cards... THE ENTRIES: [26] Denevan crystals [27] derada [28] dermaplast [29] Derna [30] Destiny, USS NOTES:   [26] So if you could download one GP Latinum with Dabo, for example, you could download two instead. You can discard the Nausicaans dilemma, but also any Nausicaan personnel (like Zon). Source: "The Sound of Her Voice" [27] While it may seem like the perfect lead-in to such cards as The Higher... the Fewer, you might filter out half the Away Team, lessening its effect. Source: "Night" [28] Stasis would usually prevent a personnel from beaming back to a ship, so this card sends them back before putting them in stasis. Dangerous for non-Feds (who seem to have most of the super-MEDICAL). Source: Referenced in "Demon"; pic from "Persistence of Vision" [29] If both affiliations are squaring off against each other, there may be a race to finish this one, since it's never theft proof. Source: "Image i...

[D+ 21-25] Dejaren to Demon

Today: An important little ship... THE ENTRIES: [21] Dejaren [22] Dell [23] Delta Flyer [24] Demon-Class planet [25] "Demon" Decipher's version for comparison: Decipher's version for comparison: Decipher's version for comparison: NOTES:  [21] Where present, he has the same effect as Disengage Safety Protocols, affecting him and all other holographic cards present. Spectrum is his pet (holographic) goldfish and a Broken Link. Dejaren was made into a dilemma by Decipher in the Holodeck Adventures expansion (included for comparison). Source: "Revulsion" [22] The Music is a joke about the "resonance chamber. I apologize. Source: "The Omega Directive" [23] Experimental ships get some bonuses through AtoZ cards. It's a shuttlecraft, so usable with Engage Shuttle Operations. Decipher's version came out in the Voyager expansion (included for comparison). Source: "Good Shepherd" [24] 5 classifications: 5 DIFFERENT classifications....